There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
DISPLUME
pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
(verb) strip of feathers; “pull a chicken”; “pluck the capon”
deplume, displume
(verb) strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
displume (third-person singular simple present displumes, present participle displuming, simple past and past participle displumed)
To deprive of feathers or plumes.
To strip of an award.
Anagrams
• impulsed
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*plume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Displuming.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer, F. déplumer.]
Definition: To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade. Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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